Jean Léonard Louis Anton Gautier (12 July 1866 – 27 October 1955) was a German-born FrenchPianists Guide to Standard Teaching and Performance Literature
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piano piece called ''Le Secret'' which at one time appeared in all of the popular piano anthologies and still continues appearing in current famous piano collection pieces such as
The Piano Bench of Classical Music
'. Gautier was born in

Altona, Hamburg Altona (), also called Hamburg-Altona, is the westernmost urban borough (''Bezirk'') of the German city state of Hamburg, on the right bank of the Elbe river. From 1640 to 1864, Altona was under the administration of the Danish monarchy. Alto ...

, the eldest of eight children born to circus operator Jean-Baptiste-Anton-Bernardin-Marie Gautier and Marie-Honorine Monseiller Gautier. He was married to Emelina Albertine Rosalie Loyal and brother of Louis Frederik Gautier.Geni biography
/ref> Select compositions: * ''Le Secret (Intermezzo Pizzicato No. 276)'' (1916): versions exist for piano solo, piano trio,Arrangement by Cornelius Gurlitt
/ref> piano and violin, woodwind trioArrangement by Michel Rondeau
/ref> and many more * ''La Bergeronette'' * ''Twilight Whispers'' * ''The Fairie Wand Waltz'' (1893) * ''My Hope My All in All'' *''Salut d'amour (Exercise no. 3)'' * ''Oh Dem Golden Slippers'' (Polka) * ''Alerte!'' (''Marche Militaire'') * ''The Fairie Barque'' (1913) * ''Pretty Maidens'' (''Danse Gracieuse'')

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UCSB libraryLe secret : Intermezzo pizzicato
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Canadian Sheet Music Collection 1866 births 1955 deaths French composers French male composers People from Altona, Hamburg {{France-composer-stub